Yup, that water came from a glacier - no question - what a blue!Beautiful image.

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Tony Jay

Sure did! The main source of water for this lake is not in fact from the glaciers in the mountains as you would assume, it comes from a huge glacier covered by dirt that you can see part of beneath the large rockface, about 2/3 to the right of the photo. It extends for hundreds of feet to the right behind those trees through a valley. We actually took a hike around there, and the glacier is covered in dirt the whole way around, though little patches of dark blue can be seen in a few spots

You can actually JUST make out a white spot at the back right of the lake, which is a series of small waterfalls coming from the glacier's melt.

Damn! Sorry to hear that. I actually stayed at Moraine Lake Lodge for 2 nights, and spent another 2 close-by, so I was around Moraine Lake plenty enough to get the right conditions luckily enough.

We were just taking a psychological break out there for a couple of days. We had climbed the E. Ridge of Edith Cavell and Skyladder on Andromeda over the course of three days. We were feeling a little fried and the short fun climbs around Louise beckoned. The weather may not have been the best there, but it was cooperative for the important climbs. That's what really matters.

We ended up staying in a parking lot at the trailhead for the North Face of Temple. At least the price was right.

We were just taking a psychological break out there for a couple of days. We had climbed the E. Ridge of Edith Cavell and Skyladder on Andromeda over the course of three days. We were feeling a little fried and the short fun climbs around Louise beckoned. The weather may not have been the best there, but it was cooperative for the important climbs. That's what really matters.

We ended up staying in a parking lot at the trailhead for the North Face of Temple. At least the price was right.

Haha can't beat that price! We did the Temple hike, hardly trail.. just a small beaten tracks covered in trees. Super fun We kind of got buddy buddy with one of the guides at Moraine Lake and he mentioned it was one of his favorite hikes, so he took us there which was super awesome of him as we didn't have the numbers (4 min because of grizzlies). Edith Cavell is stunning, bet the view was incredible up there!